Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-05

meus. AZ The date Of Mr. Lincolais
lection. thsse few men held baroEial
possession Of fhat castle. They thoaRht
Il skro1G. II looked strong 10 ths gar
iBz world. Il was stronQ. Bat il had
one weakness. 10 vas reaEad upo0
the foundation Of human slavery. II
s1oo1 np0n the qaicksand Of moral
wroa0. sAnd the rain descended. aS0
and beat upon that house and 10 fell;
ana great was The tall Of it,
Sach Q result vas not conteur listed
81 the oatbreak OF the var BY sny save
a very few radicals Of the North A
patriot people spFan9 to asms 20 right q
wrong, bat that wrong was not the
wroag OF slavery. What aroassd theiE
INDIGNATION vas tae gigantic, e41seleEs,
erael breach Of faith BY the
euthors Of the rebellion = breach
Of . faith msst sosamnly plight
ed in tbs Consultation, and re-
newsd in 0f6cial ssths. snd sesinsi
which the legal psoPie in tse South 81
North bad no possible redress unless BY
force. Neither complete nor any en-
franshissnent Of the negro wss affecksd
By the intention which unsheathsd the
svor5, bat tbs virtue Of fhoss VIE
welded the swcgd vas tkis-of being
shs willing instrument in the Divine
hands TO Withstand what they saw VA
wrong and do what they saw vss right
Fney, like any who yield themselves
generally TO do the right oatra0 10 par
ticulars of action and progressive ala
everything that they st the start in
| tend d. Light dswued as they adgan
ced. their hoFiz9n wideEed o.
they rose, rusposs grew with practice
until they found themselves heartily
efe5tine what, az the beginning Of hos
tilitiss, thes lad neither the eys nor the
hesFt TO PROPOSE. TIE war was an out
burst Of civic virtae aad the uDpreee,
dentsd industrial prosperity and gro
gress following are, as / have already
said, bat tae natural, and to be expect
ed. evidences Of the blessing of 81 a.
proving g d.
Such, briefly, my fellow citizens, Il
an imperfect sketch OF the origin and
nature OF our Great Civil War. Af.eI
all was over, the aspect Of the natter
was changed. The change vas similal
to thst produced in soil by tillsgs
Il was as il the nation bad beer
plaved and the fsllex patriots lay
under the turned sod. Then a. il Il
deck their resting plscss, flowers sprans
up. frs grant flowers. | know not whsES
you vii fad sweeter. Their perfume
flis the country and panetEates bey onG
seas. Shall / describe and number
them?
They are nins.
1. Personal frssdom is universe
privilege.
Birth is enough to constitute citi-
zenship.
3. Equal righsa are free to everyone.
4. Ali persons are entitled to tbs
equal protection Of the laws.
5. Choice is the true basis OF repre-
seatation.
6. PerjnFed treason is not a safe in
gredisnt Of government.
Z. All that Union costs is sacred al
Union itself.
8. Tue dishonor of attempting dis
union belongs forever TO what 10 speni
for disunion.
8. Ooler, race or previous servilude il
no test of a citizens rights.
/ find these same flowers laid toReth.
or, and after fashion preserved, 10 my
copy Of the Constitution Of the UniteC
S.atfs. and labeled the XIIIth., XIVth
and XVIII amendments. They all be
long Enthusiastically to species called
Everlasting. Their odor is that wsiet
exbsles from the name Of Christ.